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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

4,593 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 230

Lost His Arm. Serious Accident at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

An elderly man named Patrick Fox met with a never accident at the Auburn station, at about 11 o'clock on Monday night, which resulted in the joes of his right…

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Women and Children Hurled Into Gully Dreadful Coaching Accident. Groans of Agony

Globe · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 3

Word filtered through to Melbourne late on Wednesday night of the occurrence of a fearful accident on Mount Dandenong—a sad ending to a Christmas holiday outing. In the bright…

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Dandenong Coaching Accident

Globe · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 7

AT MOUNT DANDENONG (VIC.) LAST WEEK A COACH CONTAINING SIXTEEN PASSENGERS WAS HURLED HEADLONG INTO A GULLY. NO ONE ESCAPED INJURY. —(For letterpress, see page 3)…

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Port Hacking Drowning Fatality. a Swimmer Who Could Not Dive

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 4

While enjoying a holiday at Goggerley's Point, Port Hacking, on December 28 last, a, lad, Leslie Horace Cooper, lately living with his father in Phillip-street, city, fell into the…

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Little Girl Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 13

BALLINA, Wednesday.--A sad drowning accident occurred to-day on South Beach. Two little girls, named Daphne Stone and Ethel Bourke, about ten years old, strayed away from…

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Jockey Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 13

Whilst riding in Victoria Park yesterday afternoon Ralph Cailchlow, a jockey, of 119 Ruthven-Street, Waverley. sustained a fractured kuce through his horse falling in him. He was…

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Boy Drowned at Liverpool

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 7

Harold John Ma[?] 15-years-old son of Mr. C. Mapstone N[?] Liverpool, was engaged in catching pra[?] in George's River, near Liverpool, on Wednesday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned at Clyde

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 7

A lad named Charlie Carscila, aged 13, living at Eleanor-street, Granville, was found drowned in a water-hole near the Clyde Engineering Works this afternoon. Dr. Kerr…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 13

HENTY, Wednesday.--Percy Mercovitch, aged 20, employed at a farm, went for the cows at 5 o'clock last evening, and did not return. About S o'clock a search was made,…

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Drowned in a Dam

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 2

Percy Mercovitch, 20, employed on a farm at Henty, was found drowned in a surface tank used for watering stock. The pony deceased bad been riding was discovered…

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Dick Arnst Injured

Co-operator · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 3

Whilst Dick Arnst was slumbering in his bed at Maaly last week, he heard some young fellows having an argument outside the house. Richard thought…

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Drowned While Bathing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 12

At Bundaberg Agnes Wooldridge, 11 years, who was spending holidays with her father and brothers on the Eliott River, was drowned while bathing to-day…

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A Dangerous Crossing. Sydenham Ra[?]way Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 5

An inquest regarding the death of Richard Newman, 72, who was killed at the Sydenham railway crossing on Christmas Day, was conducted by the Acting City Coroner…

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Nearly Done to Death Bengal Missionary's Experience. How He Was Saved From Drowning. His Arrival at Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 10

The life of a missionary to Bengal, India, is not of the drawing-room order, as was learned during a chat with a gentleman of that calling on board the Orient R.M.S. Orontes at Sydney…

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Accident to Mr. J. A. D. Gibson

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 7

A serious accident happened to Mr. J. [?] D. Gibson, head of the [?] of J. A. D. Gibson and Company, tea [?] street city and a dire[?] Sargents…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 2

While Amy Smith, a young woman living at Penguin, near Launceston (Tas.), was engaged washing clothes yesterday, her dress caught alight at the copper fire. She was…

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A Bathing Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 13

EOWRAVILLE, Wednesday.--Evidence was given at Nambucca Heads of the value of a knowledge of first aid in the case of drowning accidents. During the holidays a number of…

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Fatalities and Accidents Man Killed by a Cab

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 13

An inquiry was conducted by the Acting-City Coroner into the cause of death of Charles Adams M'Kewan (33), who died at the Sydney Hospital as the result of injuries received the…

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Drowning at Port Melbourne

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

A bathing fatality occurred at Port Melbourne on Tuesday, the victim being a young woman, Myrtle Hamilton, aged twenty-two. Her elder sister,…

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Casualties. Port Hacking Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Acting City Coroner yesterday in the case of Leslie Horace Cooper, 14, who fell from a jetty at Goggerley'a Point on December…

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